Athens Hearing On General Hospital Proposal
The Commercial Club and miners heard Dr. W. S. Hoy of Wellston outline plans for a new general hospital in Athens. He urged a miner checkoff of 50 cents to 1 dollar monthly to fund the facility, with access for workers and families and local physicians supporting the effort. A committee was appointed to pursue Dr. Hoy’s proposition and organize a joint meeting of business leaders and labor unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Commercial Club
W. 8. Hoy
Wellston
Hocking Valley
Ohio
Columbus
Rochester
Minnesota
Mayo Brothers
Jackson County
Silk Flag Awarded for Highest Sunday School Attendance
The ceremony will give a 4 by 32 inch silk American flag to the school in each of Fairfield Hocking Perry and Athens counties reporting the greatest percentage of bona fide teachers officers and pupils at Sunday School Day. If tie, the flag goes to the school with the larger turnout. Reports are filed by the superintendent or proxy at noon and results announced at day's end.
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Fairfield Hocking
Pickaway
Perry
Athens
Athens Young Man Lands Key Post in West Virginia
Athens city engineer C L Biddison will join Sunday Creek Coal company as assistant to chief engineer G H Dukes, expected Aug 1. He departs for Long Acre WV next Monday to oversee mine operations, coke ovens, tipples, and incline with a large engineering staff.
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C. L. Biddison
G. H. Dukes
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Biddison
Sunday Creek Company
Piddison
Messrs. Roan and Winder
N. D. Monsarrat
Roan
Dukes
Monsarrat
Long Acre
West Virginia
Engineering
Corps of Engineers
Charleston
Thomas Biddison
Glouster
Elmer G. Biddison
Athens
Ohio University
Beta Theta Pi
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Earnings Rise in June 1907
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports June 1907 gross earnings of 7,196,085 up from 6,572,814, with net earnings of 2,448,246, an increase of 96,746. For the year ended June 30, 1907, gross traffic earnings totaled 82,243,922 versus 77,392,056 in 1906, net earnings 27,363,831 down 513,004, and total system gross 88,552,925 with net 29,520,898, up 354,006.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Controlled and Affiliated
Cholera Morbus Sweeps Athens as Cucumbers Haunt Market
A wave of cholera morbus hits Athens during cucumber season. Dozens suffer with cases rising daily. a local physician reports several cases among both men and women. The excerpt notes the illness spreading across the population and reflects a period tone.
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Athens
Brickmakers Fight Rate Hike Across Hocking Valley
Brick manufacturers in this section and the Hocking valley oppose a railroad rate increase effective September 1. The boost covers many bricks by as much as twenty percent and undermines profits on old contracts. Railroads are likely to enforce the new charges without delay.
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Hocking Valley
Mrs Guy Warson Becomes Tennessee Attorney Bride
Miss Bertha E. Warner wed Grant Scott, attorney of Gallatin Tennessee, Saturday evening at her parents home in Zanesville. The marriage follows Warner’s divorce from Guy Watson, a popular local tax inquisitor, with the couple having resided here for several months.
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Tennessee
Bertha E. Warner
Zanesville
Grant Scott
Gallatin
Tenn
Miss Warner
Guy Watson
Miles family hosts Columbus guest on Morris Avenue
Mr Bert Miles of Columbus was guest Sunday of his parents Mr and Mrs Ben Miles on Morris avenue in a family visit noted by local observers.
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Bert Miles
Columbus
Ben Miles
Morris Avenue
Price on the Poll Tax Problem and Enforcement
Solicitor Price argues for strict enforcement of the two days labor ordinance on street work. He says his role is client and attorney, not street labor enforcer, and offers to prepare pleadings for delinquents. He claims the street commissioner presented few names and that refunds cannot be granted. He urges the mayor to act on names provided and asserts the delinquency lies with the street department.
Street Paving Drives City Progress Before Winter
Street paving advances citywide with Dan Mills as contractor for North Congress and South Cemetery streets already paid. Franklin avenue grading near completion, curb setting to begin, and Lancaster street slated to start next week with a three month finish goal. Over 5 000 yards of excavating and 328 000 bricks planned for Lancaster paving. Elmwood Place culvert work underway by Stalder and Roge to drain low lands, while High street awaits action.
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Congress
South Cemetery
Dan Mills
Franklin Avenue
Mills
Lancaster Street
West State Street
Columbia Avenue
Elmwood Place
Stalder and Roge
Home Street
High Street
Ellis outlines plan to replace mill tax with state tax
President Ellis in chapel presented a taxation policy replacing the mill tax with a state levy raised from 1.345 mills to 2 mills. He proposed funding for Common schools, universities including Ohio State, Ohio University, Miami and Wilberforce, while easing the Dow tax by growth of local option. He also suggested direct Dow tax payment to the state to avoid saloon tax debates.
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Ellis
Ohio
Secretary of State
Insurance Department
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Miami University
Wilberforce University
Common Schools
Sinking Fund
New Floodwood Edges Nelsonville In Ninetheenth Century Style Game
Nelsonville lost to New Floodwood by 5 to 4 in a July 28 baseball tilt reported with scoring lines and pitcher notes. Barron struck out seven, Newman fanned eleven, and both teams plated runs across seven innings with errors and hits shaping the final score.
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Nelsonville
Barron
Newman
Monument Marks First Ohio University Building Site
A granite pillar sundial monument marks the 1807 first OU building location on campus near Ellis Hall. Brass tablet notes Thomas Ewing's 1815 graduation as Ohio University’s first graduate and his later fame as a jurist and reformer praised for virtue and integrity.
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Ohio University
O. A
Thomas Ewing
Ellis Hall
Ewing
Columbus guest visits and travel plans noted
Miss Marie Smith of Columbus visits Miss Carrie Munn. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Warden return from visiting their daughter Mrs. L. M. Tinker in Frankfort. Mr. Warden will depart Thursday for New York City and Mrs. Warden will stay here and with her daughter in Frankfort for some time.
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Marie Smith
Columbus
Carrie Munn
T. B. Warden
L. M. Tinker
Frankfort
Professor Humphreys to Accept State Blind School Post
Professor 8 B Humphreys newly elected superintendent of the State Institution for the Blind states from Ironton that he never considered declining the post. A rumor cited Ironton school board offering a larger salary to keep him in the city, but he affirms he will take the state position.
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B. Humphreys
State Institution For the Blind
Ironton
Humphreys
Mrs Murday and son Return Visit Hosts
Mrs. John Murday and her young son of New Straitsville have completed a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edmundson and have returned home.
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John Murday
Little Son
New Straitsville
Thomas Edmundson
Athens Miners Get Extra Coach Monday
Athens miners on the labor train to Hocking Valley and Sugar Creek received an extra coach Monday after Prosecuting Attorney Foster raised the issue at a Commercial Club meeting. An official promised seating for all in the future, with one coach moved from the Nelsonville line to Athens as demand grows for excursion travel.
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Athens
Hocking
Sugar Creek
Commercial Club
Foster
Hocking Valley Railroad
Columbus
Mr. Foster
Ignor
Ant
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Stand Pipe Upgrades Bid Advances for Water Works
The Board of Public Affairs opened bids Monday for a new compressor at the water works station a new well and three upper sheets on the old standpipe. Harris Air Pump Co Indianapolis The Hudson and Harris bid for the well and equipment a $2480 bid by Mudsos company. The Chicago Bridge and Iron Works won the standpipe height increase for $800 with completion hoped in five weeks though slow shipping may push to two months.
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Board of Public Affairs
Water Works
Harris Air Pump Co
Indianapolis
Harris
Hudson Company
Chicago Bridge and Iron Works
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W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mrs
Guy Warson
Solicitor Price
Price
Barron 2
New
C. U
Lancaster
Prof. Humphreys
Athens Miners
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